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PORTABLE FARE BOX.

Patented June 1, 1886.

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UNTED STATES PATENT Ormea.

SAMUEL M. FRIEDE `AND FREDERICK D. JOHNSTON, OF ST. LOUIS, MO.

PORTABLE FARE-BOX.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,120, dated June l, 1886.

Application filed August 21, 1885.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL M. FRIEDE' and FREDERICK D. JOHNSTON, of the-city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri', have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Portable Fare-Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and. exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the farebox. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the depository-box. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fare-box in its position in the depositorybox. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4 4, Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5 5, Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the cash-drawer on line 6 6, with part broken away to show the hinged front of the drawer and its mode of insertion in the box. Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the under side of the tilting table, its pivot-rod and handle, and the coiled spring for returning said table to its normal position after it has been moved therefrom for the passage of fare into the money-drawer, the walls of the box being shown in section.

Our invention relates to improvements in street-carand other fare-boxes 5 and ourinven- 'tion consists in features of novelty,hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the' claims.

Loss has frequently been experienced by the abstraction of portable fare-boxes, as they usually have no safe deposit in which they are secured. To overcome that difculty, and to combine other novel features for the safe deposit and safe retention of the fares, I provide a depository-box in which the conductor or driver who has charge of the same can readily deposit it, and in which it is automatically secured byaspring-lock, so that it cannot be removed without the use of the conductor-s key and also, as will be hereinafter described, other safeguards in the fare-box itself.

Referring to the drawings similar letters of reference in the various figures indicate like parts.

A represents our portable fare-box, and A the handle, by which the conductor carries it when collecting fares.

B is the mouth or hopper to a covered chute, B. This chute is about one and three- (No model.)

fourths inch square by one fourth inch iu depth, having j ust space sufficient within it to allow the largest current coin to pass without providing space sufficient for easy abstraction of fares.

Blz are serrations at the delivery end of the chute, to assist in the arrest of the return of the fares, if by overturning the box or any other means any party should endeavor to`abstraet them.

B, Bt, and B5 are respectively serrated guardilanges around the inside of the farebox, above and below the outside inclines of the chute and at the upper end of a tilting table, for the aforesaid purpose.

C is the window for the inspection of the fares.

vD is the cash-drawer, which slides into its position in the lower part of the fare-box. This dra-wer has a hinged front, D', that makes the contents of the drawer easy of access to the constituted authorities who hold the keys, without which it could not be opened.

DZand Dgare respectively the hasp and staple, that, in conjunction with the lock D4, secure the drawer in its place, and Dis the lock to the hinged front of the drawer.

E is a bolt that crosses transverselythe box on a line with the incline of the pay-chute and just sufiiciently in advance of its delivery to allow the largest current coin in falling to pass downward on its way to the tilting table.v This bolt both braces the fare-box and presents an obstruction to the insertion of forceps, wires, or other devices fares. f

F is a tilting table of novel construction, to which the fares next pass on their way to the cashdrawer. The table is tilted by a pivoted rod, F', which is operated vby a handle, F2, outside the fare-box. Aspiral spring, FX, inconnection with said rod, returns the table to itsv normal position after being tilted. The table is provided with a step, F", in front of the tilting rod, in the lift of which step is a trap or slotted aperture at F5, through which the money cannot fall in its descent for the upper moiety of the table at its delivery overhangs the lower; but should dishonest employs turn the box and try to work the fares back on the tilting table, so as to abstract them, they could for the abstraction of the box isdeposited, and-K is the'open face of the" is serrated at its delivery end at Dl, in the same manner and for the same reason as in chute B.

H is a depository-box, firmly secured by screws or bolts at H', to the dash orany other suitable place on the car or other vehicle.

.I is a slotted apertnrein the depository-'box toallow the passage ofthe projecting' end ofl the tilting rod with itshandle when the "faredepository-box, so arranged for the accommodation of the locking arrangements of the farebox and theinspectiou of` its fares.

-The guard-flanges B3 and B5 are so located f and inclined downwardly as tov arrest the upward passage of coins when the kbox -is inverted,'while thefianges B4 are so locatedand inclined relatively 'to the chute as to prevent the coins from sliding past its' mouth-when they have been got into thetop'of the box by inverting andshaking it. This prevents a person'from inserting an Aimplement'within 1he chute and gradually rolling the box to cause the coins to `pass by gravity onto such implement, whereby they are extracted.

It will be seen that this box is a safe deposit for fares, Vitv bei lig-almost: impracticable lo abstract the same therefrom in al1-unawthorized' way; It an funpriucipled.employ or any other party should endeavor to do so, I he would tnd a system of'devices,I above de scribed, that would V"completely bar his `evil intentions.

XVe also provide-adepository-box, vas de-A in use, litmay lie-dropped by the conductor,4-l

Va spring-lock securing it in its place of deposit, from" which it cannot beremovedwithont the'nse ofthe conductorskey.

Y are' collected.

We claim as our inventionl. In a portable fare-box, the inclined covered chute with serrated edges at its delivery, serrated flanges within the box to prevent the abstraction of the fares, a tilting table with step, and trap in step, said table delivering fares through a serrated chute into cashdrawer, in combination with a depository-box witlrspring-lock for its retention when deposited, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a fare-box, of a tilting shelf formed with a step or offset, a trap or slot therethrough, an operating-rod beneath said step, and a spring for holding said shelf in one position surrounding said operating-Tod and bearing at its respective 'extremitiesupouthe shelf and the wall of the box, as set forth.

3.*The combinatiomwith a portable farebox lhaving a` covered chute, the guard-flanges projectingfrom' 'said chute, and the walls of Ithe box, of axed depository-box and a lock for securing said portable boxl therein', as set forth. t

4'. Ina fare-box, the 4combination,fwith the inclinedehnte, of a-bar located opposite the `innerend ofsaid-chute, for the purpose set 'f forth.

5." The"combination,with a fare-box, of a ltilting shelf formed with a step or offset and a trap or 'slotftherethroughfsubstantially as and forthe 'purposes set forth. 6 11'Ihe combination, with the box A, of the inclinedcovered chute B, serrated at its lower end, serrated4 guard anges B4, projecting rearwardly from saidchut'e, bar E, located opposite ysaid-chute,l serrated gnardfianges B3 oul theinner wall of'the box, tilting table F,

formed-with a step or offset, F, trap F5, and

serrated guard-fiange B5, cash-drawer D, and Ainclined serratedfch'nte D Dl, projecting thereinto, all constructed and arranged to opferate substantially as'and for the purposes set Sforth.

' SAMUEL M.' FRIEDE.

f FREDERICK I). JOHNSTON.

"- In presence of- BENJAMIN A. KNIGHT,

`WALTER() CARR. 

